I have had a HELL of a summer but what happenned this past Wednesday was the worst for me. I was watching my niece and I just brought her inside. She climbed in her car seat and stood up. I immediately took her out and faced her toward the kitchen. I heard my mother call her name. I turned around to pick up my cell phone, I took it out of the case and as I turned back around she was in the car seat again, standing up and reaching...
and then it fell over. There was a television about 1 ft behind the car seat, I'm not sure if her mouth hit the television or the hard would floor.
I immediately picked her up and she immediately began to scream. There was blood everywhere. My mother ran to us and took ehr from me, brought her to the bathroom and tried to rinse her mouth with water to see where the blood was coming from. My father assisted her with this.
Then my mother told me to go get her bottle, so perhaps she would stop crying. As I went down the stairs, I looked at where the car seat was and saw something white on the floor. It was her tooth, including the root. I wanted to scream myself but instead I ran up the stairs and told my parents we needed to take her to the emergency room.
They called my sister to let her know what happenned. She called me on our way up to the hospital to see if her daughter was alright. My niece was whining but no longer screamming.
When we reached the hospital we didn't have to wait. The doctor looked at her and said that it was only the tooth and that her lip was swollen but not really punctured and that she would need to take some antibiotics to prevent infection and also see a doctor about any other alternatives.
My heart dropped. I didn't understand how something so big could happen so fast and the worst part is that she was with me.
My sister caught an early flight back. and hasn't spoken to me at all. I recieved a text message from her stating that she needs time to deal with it before she can speak to me.
My hopes are that she understands it was an accident and that I would never do anything to hurt my niece or want anything to happen to her. I want her and her husband to both know that I was watching her and that I apologize for everything. My niece is my heart and I was hurt too and I am still hurting. It's a pain that is constant and strong and as much as I want it to stop hurting, it's going to stay with me for the rest of my life. Everytime I see her face, her smile and hear her voice my thoughts will be reminded of my mistake.
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These things happen and You have to move on! Its sad and unfortunate yes! Hurtful to remember yes! She's not dead! She's no doubt not a toddler if not an adolescent! Her tooth will grow back! Your sis needs to take a chill pill! If you had the tooth, they coulda put it back in! Oh well... Life goes on... I don't wanna sound insensitive, but its only a tooth! Maybe its different for a female and the image that they have... Shrug1 Why am I always the first to comment? lol
Dam I'm sorry to hear that..yea yo toddlers are a handful. my nephew always falling and I b running to the rescue hoping there's no broken bones...i kno how u feel..accidents happen...ya sis and brotha inlaw will come around..jus give it time..if u wanna talk u kno how to reach me..
much luv X
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